Total Crime Rate
31.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hale Drive area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Edgware , and the 183rd lowest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hale Drive (NW7 3EH) in the last 12 months was 31.3 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% lower than the Edgware average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hale Drive (NW7 3EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brook Walk, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langham Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Edgware| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hook Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orchard Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crispin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Langham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Orchard Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deans Close | Under investigation |
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